• Ramstein Airman starts women's flag football league

    A simple idea that sprouted six months ago is now being fulfilled on the athletic fields on Ramstein - a women's flag football league. Senior Airman Summer Thorn was working out at the gym earlier this year, watching football and thought, "Man that looks like fun." "Although there had already been a

  • Rest Easy, the 569th USFPS and Polizei are keeping you safe

    Day, night, afternoon, and evening, the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron and local Polizei are working together 24-7 to keep you safe. Sometimes we may feel threatened by their presence, but don't forget that they are there to serve and protect us. Last Friday, Col. Donald "Bits" Bacon, 435th Air

  • Seventeenth Air Force ready for Oct. 1 stand-up

    United States Air Forces in Europe newest command, Seventeenth Air Force, is ready to go operational, according to the new unit's Commander Maj. Gen. Ron Ladnier. The General will be participating in a ceremony to commemorate the unit's stand-up Sept. 18 at Hangar 5 -- the official activation is

  • The Monday Blues

    For those tired of the monotony of wearing the same uniform every day, Airmen will now have the choice of short sleeve with an open collar or long sleeve with a tie. These are decisions that most Airmen will have to make each Monday from here on out due to a new Air Force policy that went into

  • Wing activation of the 521st AMOW

    The new 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing has officially been stood up during a ceremony Sept. 4 at Hangar 5 on Ramstein. "This new wing will provide an enhanced level of control for our en route structure in Europe, which includes critical locations for getting people, cargo and patients to and

  • Veteran AF pilot recounts Berlin Airlift to NCOA, ALS students

    Some people may know him as a professor. Others may know him as an author. The U.S. Air Force and the citizens of West Berlin know Maj. Edwin Gere as a hero for his role in delivering several tons of much needed supplies during the Berlin Airlift 60 years ago. Mr. Gere related his accounts of the

  • POW/MIA day, a time of remembrance

    Several events are planned on Ramtsein to honor POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 19. "POW/MIA Recognition Day was first held April 9, 1984. For the next 12 years, legislation was introduced every year to set aside a special day for POW/MIA remembrance," said Master Sgt. Raymond Hutchins, assistant

  • Ramstein commander pins on first star

    Editor's note: Captain Dorrance recently interviewed Brig. Gen. Bill Bender, 86th Airlift Wing and KMC commander, about becoming a brigadier general. Q. Where was your ceremony and who pinned on your rank? A. I pinned on brigadier general while at the U.S. Air Force Academy for Parents Weekend, so

  • Vanderzwaag wins “Flight Nurse of the Year”

    Capt. Bryce Vanderzwaag was awarded the Dolly Vinsant Flight Nurse of the Year Award Aug. 21. This is the second year in a row that an officer from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has won the prestigious award. The award, named after Lt. Wilma (Dolly) Roland Vinsant who was a flight nurse

  • Royal Air Force sergeant attends local NCO academy

    For the first time since 1992, a sergeant from the Royal Air Force is attending class at the Kisling NCO Academy on Kapaun Air Station. RAF Sgt. David E. Madin, Airman's Command Squadron instructor at Halton, England, took advantage of the opportunity to attend the academy on Kapaun for a six-week

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